A Fun Animation Explaining a Huge Concept: How Big Is the Universe?

Pretty danged big
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Beakus were commissioned to create three animated films that explain key concepts about our universe, with humour helping to explain the ‘almost’ unexplainable! Director Amaël Isnard also designed the films.

In ‘How Big Is The Universe?’ ROG astronomer Liz shows us the expanding nature of the Universe and how this affects the light reaching us from distant galaxies, some of which will remain forever hidden from our view.

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1 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:37:31pm

Who knew that a toilet paper roll was a standard metric?

2 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:38:06pm

3 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:39:36pm

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4 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:42:35pm

re: #3 Gus

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The world’s most interesting man.

5 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:42:52pm

Big Boom!

6 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:43:03pm

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SIMFEROPOL, UKRAINE - MARCH 20: A decorative castle known as Swallow’s Nest overlooks the Black Sea near the town of Gaspra on March 20, 2014 in Gaspra, Crimea, Ukraine. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)

7 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:44:06pm

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GURZUF, UKRAINE - MARCH 22: A Russian flag flies at half mast on a rock in the Black Sea on March 22, 2014 in Gurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine. The Russian Federation has green-lighted the construction of a road and rail bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland across the straight. The population of Crimea voted March 16 in favour of independence from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. Ukraine and much of the West has declared the move illegitimate. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)

8 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:44:38pm

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9 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:45:30pm

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SIMFEROPOL, UKRAINE - MARCH 21: A general view of the Crimean beach near the town of Yevpatoria on March 21, 2014 in Yevpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)

10 jaunte  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:45:46pm
11 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:48:10pm

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FEODOSIYA, UKRAINE - MARCH 21: The Crimean coastline is shown on March 21, 2014 near the town of Feodosiya, Crimea, Ukraine. The population of Crimea voted March 16 in favour of independence from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. Ukraine and much of the West has declared the move illegitimate. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)

12 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:49:12pm

I think I’m going to find a a movie to watch.

Any suggestions —

action, sci-fi,

no romantic comedy or horror.

13 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:50:40pm

re: #12 FemNaziBitch

I think I’m going to find a a movie to watch.

Any suggestions —

action, sci-fi,

no romantic comedy or horror.

Human Centipede.

14 Weet  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:50:43pm

Y’all may have seen this — another take on the size of things.
Scale of Universe

Zooms from the largest to the smallest that mankind knows of.

15 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:53:49pm

re: #14 Weet

Y’all may have seen this — another take on the size of things.
Scale of Universe

Zooms from the largest to the smallest that mankind knows of.

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Where is Alaska in all that?

16 Lidane  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:55:42pm
17 Decatur Deb  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:56:01pm

re: #12 FemNaziBitch

I think I’m going to find a a movie to watch.

Any suggestions —

action, sci-fi,

no romantic comedy or horror.

The Mouse That Roared is on TCM at 8:00. (Make that 9:00 Central.)

18 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:57:00pm

I think there is a Jason Statham movie I haven’t seen.

I like mindless violence with good abs.

19 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 5:57:44pm

bbl

20 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:01:30pm

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21 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:05:17pm

re: #20 Gus

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David Bowie?

22 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:05:56pm

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23 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:06:40pm

re: #21 b_sharp

David Bowie?

Yep. 1960. Allegedly. Think that’s very wrong. I think Getty freaks out sometimes.

24 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:07:17pm

re: #20 Gus

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Did his eyes always do that?

25 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:07:47pm

re: #24 wrenchwench

Did his eyes always do that?

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Yep.

26 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:08:41pm

re: #23 Gus

Yep. 1960. Allegedly. Think that’s very wrong. I think Getty freaks out sometimes.

Caption says c.1965 which would be more likely.

27 Stanley Sea  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:09:02pm

re: #12 FemNaziBitch

I think I’m going to find a a movie to watch.

Any suggestions —

action, sci-fi,

no romantic comedy or horror.

Gravity wasn’t bad.
August Osage County if you want to feel better about how fucked up your family is etc. Still good.

28 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:09:36pm

Looks like the tourism industry in Crimea has fallen on hard times.

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29 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:09:40pm

re: #26 William Barnett-Lewis

Caption says c.1965 which would be more likely.

Yep.

30 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:10:09pm

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31 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:11:02pm

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32 jaunte  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:11:26pm
“According to booking website ostrovok.ru, demand for Crimean hotels in 2014 is just a sixth of what it was in 2013.”
mashable.com
33 b_sharp  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:12:28pm

re: #31 Charles Johnson

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Looks like some prime beach front property is available cheap.

34 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:13:02pm

WTF?

A mysterious plume that showed up on National Weather Service radars is still puzzling people.

The radars first picked up the plume in Socorro County Monday evening, then went east into Texas and Oklahoma.

The weather service offices in El Paso and Albuquerque didn’t know what caused it, so KOB Eyewitness News 4 called White Sands Missile Range. Officials there didn’t know what it was.

KOB also called Holloman and Cannon Air Force bases. They were both just as baffled as everyone else. For now, the mystery remains

From Tuesday. First I’ve heard about it. I’ve been busy…

Video at the link.

35 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:13:16pm

I like old man Bowie better.

36 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:15:10pm
A New Mexico man has pleaded guilty to making threats against President Barack Obama and is facing up to five years in federal prison.

Prosecutors say Tracy York White, of Las Cruces, entered into a plea agreement Thursday in a Las Cruces court.

White remains in federal custody pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

He was arrested last October, days after making the threats.

A criminal complaint alleged that White threatened Obama during an Oct. 24 telephone conversation with an employee of the Social Security Administration in Ohio.

White allegedly threatened to get a firearm, go to the White House and shoot the president.

[…]

37 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:15:19pm

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38 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:17:07pm

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SIMFEROPOL, UKRAINE - MARCH 20: A Soviet apartment buildings overlook the Black Sea near the town of Gaspra on March 20, 2014 in Gaspra, Crimea, Ukraine. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)

39 wrenchwench  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:18:22pm

Later, lizards (and salamanders).

40 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:18:40pm

re: #34 wrenchwench

WTF?

From Tuesday. First I’ve heard about it. I’ve been busy…

Video at the link.

I’m not saying it’s aliens, …

41 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:18:50pm

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42 Amory Blaine  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:18:55pm

Heh this game looks fun.

Youtube Video

43 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:19:34pm

re: #40 freetoken

I’m not saying it’s aliens, …

Birds.

44 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:20:23pm

arkansasweather.blogspot.com

45 Stanley Sea  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:20:45pm

re: #24 wrenchwench

Did his eyes always do that?

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yep

46 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:21:41pm

It’s a really beautiful area.

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47 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:22:00pm

re: #43 Gus

disclose.tv

48 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:22:02pm

Bird Detection via Doppler Radar

49 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:22:41pm

re: #47 freetoken

disclose.tv

Nope.

50 Stanley Sea  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:23:00pm

great ending going on Syracuse Dayton

51 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:24:40pm

52 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:25:57pm

Occam’s razor.

53 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:26:55pm

re: #52 Gus

Occam’s razor.

Occam did not live in New Mexico.

54 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:28:49pm

re: #53 freetoken

Occam did not live in New Mexico.

Morons here.

55 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:31:50pm

More freaking morons.

56 Stanley Sea  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:32:25pm

THIS is NCAA March Madness. yes.

57 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:34:38pm

Yeah, cause Doppler radar is totally immune to erroneous returns!

58 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:35:18pm

re: #55 Gus

This is America, where the natives are still actively debating whether the released-next-week Noah is Godly enough to portray what happened when God destroyed the world only a few centuries after he made it 6000 years ago.

59 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:37:25pm

re: #57 Varek Raith

Yeah, cause Doppler radar is totally immune to erroneous returns!

Birds.

60 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:38:36pm

ruidosoreservations.com

61 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:39:24pm

ruidoso.net

62 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:40:11pm

theweatherprediction.com

Boom.

63 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:41:04pm

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64 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:41:29pm

Read.

Bird Detection via Doppler Radar

65 bratwurst  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:41:44pm

Just 44 years ago.

66 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:41:48pm

re: #59 Gus

Birds.

A 2009 movie.

AFAIK, creationists did not get involved in that one.

67 Lidane  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:50:02pm
68 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:51:13pm
69 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:54:27pm

In case you needed more convincing that the religious right in this country are moving even more atavistically, consider this blog entry by Denny Burke, one of Mullah Mohler’s (head of one of the main seminaries of the largest denomination in the US) bulldogs at SBTS:

Complementarian changes at Cedarville University

Christianity Today has a report on changes taking place at Cedarville University. The new president, Thomas White, has shifted the school into a decidedly Complementarian direction. […]

[…] Thomas White discussed the concept of headship based on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. “We operate with the presupposition of inerrancy. So what I tell you today is not something that I wrote, I made up, or I started,” he said. “I’m just going to preach to you what the text says.”

Cedarville, which recently weathered a turbulent year of disagreements and resignations, has also restricted classes in the women’s ministry program—functionally, every Bible class in the fall schedule taught by a woman—to only female students, according to alumni and a university representative…

[…]

For some, this report will be anything but good tidings. For me, it is a sign of great things happening at Cedarville. I am grateful for Thomas White and his leadership. Read the rest of the report here.

The Christianity Today story adds this:

The Ventriloquist also reports on a university-wide reorganization that eliminates associate and assistant vice president positions so that many areas of the college are directly under the administration of the presidential cabinet.

It’s all very Putin-esque.

The bottom line is this: fundamentalists are pushing for gender segregation and the subordination of women.

For them it is what God told them to do.

And since God ordains authoritarianism, that is how it will be accomplished.

70 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:54:40pm

re: #68 Charles Johnson

???

71 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 6:56:12pm

re: #70 TedStriker

???

Ben Folds Pulls Ad From “Scary as Hell” Rush Limbaugh

72 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:01:54pm

The CA GOP has officially given up.

One of the four gubernatorial candidates introduced to at the California Republican state party’s semi-annual convention last week spent a decade in prison for convictions for voluntary manslaughter and assault with intent to commit rape, according to the LA Times.

Speaking before hundreds of delegates and supporters, Glenn Champ, 48, did not directly address colorful history, choosing instead to explain, “In my life, I’ve been held accountable because of my stupidity. I do not want anyone else to be enslaved because of their lack of knowledge.”

Champ was one of four candidates speaking at the convention - introduced by party chairman Jim Brulte - speaking between leading GOP gubernatorial candidates, former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari, and state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino County.

Champ’s criminal history is extensive. Court records show that he pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed firearm in 1992. In 1993, he was convicted of two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and was placed on the state’s sex-offender registry.

And this is one of the guys who made it to the final 4?

73 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:03:51pm

Sweet Jesus.

“Explaining his assault case, he said, “was just for picking up some underage prostitutes” resulting in a 90-day jail sentence.” - Glenn Champ, CA GOP candidate for Governor

74 jaunte  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:05:13pm

re: #72 Kragar

The CA GOP has officially given up.

They’re tired of amateur stupidity and have decided to bring in a seasoned pro.

75 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:05:42pm

re: #73 Kragar

Sweet Jesus.

“Explaining his assault case, he said, “was just for picking up some underage prostitutes” resulting in a 90-day jail sentence.” - Glenn Champ, CA GOP candidate for Governor

Wow…

76 jaunte  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:06:12pm

“I found the Lord when I got arrested for picking up the prostitutes,” Champ said.

77 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:06:14pm

So here’s another moron. This is the nut that’s saying flight MH370 was hijacked to Pakistan or Iran:

Fox contributor ‘confirms’ Islamists in White House: ‘I haven’t got their names exactly’

Fox News’ Lt. General Thomas McInerney Comes Out As A ‘Birther’

78 Lidane  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:06:28pm

How is that I can watch The Walking Dead every week but seeing even a couple of minutes of Hannibal while the boyfriend watches makes me ill?

79 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:07:30pm

re: #76 jaunte

“I found the Lord when I got arrested for picking up the prostitutes,” Champ said.

Oh, well in that case, all is forgiven.
///

80 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:08:23pm

re: #74 jaunte

Champ explained that experience with the criminal justice system could help him deal with politicians in Sacramento, calling them criminals.

81 ericblair  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:08:44pm

re: #33 b_sharp

There was some blather in a news article about how important Crimea is since it’s like Russia’s Greek Isles. Thing is, nowadays if a Russian wants the Greek Isles, he goes to the fucking Greek Isles. Or Egypt, or Turkey, or Cyprus. You don’t have to be rich. I don’t think tourism in Crimea is going to recover.

82 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:08:53pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Ben Folds Pulls Ad From “Scary as Hell” Rush Limbaugh

Good on him, freedom of association and all that.

See, that’s the thing with people doing ad buys with stations owned by the megabroadcasters (Clear Channel, especially); my understanding is that, unless a client tells the ad rep to specifically exclude their spots from running on specific shows, the ad rep is going to push running the spots in as many slots as they’re getting money for, anytime.

84 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:10:56pm

re: #83 Gus

Retired Air Force general stands by theory Malaysian Airlines flight could have landed in Pakistan

And I stand by my theory that McInerney is a fucking moron.

85 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:11:26pm

Same nut.

“STRIP SEARCH all 18-28 year old MUSLIMS”

Youtube Video

86 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:12:55pm

“Thomas McInerney” +”Muslim” - Google Search

87 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:13:32pm

re: #85 Gus

Same nut.

“STRIP SEARCH all 18-28 year old MUSLIMS”

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Good lord…

88 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:13:48pm

re: #84 TedStriker

And I stand by my theory that McInerney is a fucking moron.

I haz crazy nutburgers for lunch.

89 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:15:07pm

Al Gore!

90 Lidane  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:15:34pm

Haha. This kid is going to be haunted by this photo forever:

91 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:15:40pm

From March 1996 to December 1999, McInerney was Chief Executive Officer and President of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), an association through which senior business executives can help enhance the nations security. As the CEO of BENS, McInerney assisted in passage of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) which prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of chemical weapons.

From 1994, McInerney was Director of the Defense Performance Review (DPR), reporting to the Secretary of Defense and Vice President Al Gore who conceived this initiative for the Federal Government. In that capacity, McInerney led the Pentagon’s “reinventing government” effort, focused on making government more efficient by using the latest and best business practices.

en.wikipedia.org

Maybe he snapped after 9/11.

92 TedStriker  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:15:59pm

re: #72 Kragar

The CA GOP has officially given up.

And this is one of the guys who made it to the final 4?

Given up? It looks like they’re doubling down on stupid, crazy, and felonious sex offenders to me.

93 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:15:59pm

9/11

94 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:16:19pm

CA GOP Governor Candidate Glenn Champ

95 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:16:47pm

9/11

96 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:16:54pm

re: #94 Kragar

CA GOP Governor Candidate Glenn Champ

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Nice hat, chief.

97 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:16:55pm

Yet another entry in the Build a Better Mousetrap Toilet contest:

Could a toilet reinvention help save $260 billion worldwide?

[…]

To be successful, scientists said, the designs being exhibited at Saturday’s Toilet Fair had to go beyond treating urine and feces as undesirable waste, and recognize them as profit-generating resources for electricity, fertilizer or fuel.

[…]

98 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:16:58pm

re: #94 Kragar

CA GOP Governor Candidate Glenn Champ

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9/11

99 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:17:25pm

I swear that Al Gore connection cracked me up.

100 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:17:39pm

I know it might seem unfair, but until further notice, I’m just going to have to assume that any random person named Glen is a moron until proven differently.

101 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:18:35pm

9/11 and 1/20/2009… Hmm.

102 Varek Raith  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:19:17pm

Sleepy time.

103 Pie-onist Overlord  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:19:40pm

Gun-fuckers are spamming this meme. It makes me want run around screaming and break stuff.

104 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:20:05pm

Muslims! They’re everywhere.

105 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:23:48pm

Snowden documents used to expose NSA operations again

NSA infiltrates servers of Chinese telecommunications giant

The U.S. National Security Agency has infiltrated servers in the headquarters of Chinese telecommunications and internet giant Huawei Technologies Co, obtaining sensitive information and monitoring the communications of top executives, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said its report on the operation, code-named “Shotgiant,” was based on NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden, the former agency contractor who since last year has leaked data revealing sweeping U.S. surveillance activities. The German magazine Der Spiegel also reported on the documents.

One of the goals of the operation was to find any connections between Huawei and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, according to a 2010 document cited by the Times.

And how does this have anything to do with privacy issues or “protecting Americans” from their own government?

106 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:24:07pm

re: #104 Gus

Muslims! They’re everywhere.

Sort of like the Higgs Field.

107 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:24:30pm

re: #106 freetoken

Sort of like the Higgs Field.

9/11!

108 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:25:18pm

Transcript: Rudy Giuliani (9/11/2001-Present)

9/11

End Transcript

109 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:26:17pm

re: #105 Kragar

Snowden documents used to expose NSA operations again

NSA infiltrates servers of Chinese telecommunications giant

And how does this have anything to do with privacy issues or “protecting Americans” from their own government?

Hero!

110 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:30:37pm

re: #109 Gus

Hero!

Personally, I am just completely disillusioned.

For decades, Hollywood has made it seem like we have elite teams around the world whose whole job is to arrange “perfect accidents”.

No sign of them yet.

111 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:33:42pm
112 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:34:09pm

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113 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:34:38pm

I tell ya. People crack me up. They’re so weird.

114 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:35:46pm

Wait a second… BREAKING NEWS! Stunning… Wait for it…

115 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:35:49pm
116 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:45:06pm

Michelle stirs up hornet’s nest, bats for free internet in China

She told 200 US and Chinese students at the University, “That’s how we decide which values and ideas we think are best — by questioning and debating them vigorously, by listening to all sides of every argument and by judging for ourselves.”

Outrage!

117 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:45:19pm

Some people want you to think the Koch brothers’ influence on US politics is a conspiracy theory, and you should just laugh it off. Don’t listen to this cynical bullshit. The amount of money the Koch brothers are spending to bend the US political system to the far right is utterly unprecedented.

Who Controls the Kochs’ Political Network? ASMI, SLAH and TOHE.

118 BongCrodny  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 7:50:43pm

re: #94 Kragar

CA GOP Governor Candidate Glenn Champ

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CHAMP represents a new breed of Christian soldier moving forward in the army of the lord, on the highway of righteousness, stomping on the devil’s head, with a new song of righteousness’s in our hearts. Amen. As a man of God, he is going back to fix the crooked places that have led to our current catastrophe. There is a parallel to our spirituality and our nations prosperity. God has sent a deliverer, CHAMP to lead the way back to righteousness and prosperity.

That’s from Champ’s own website. If this was a parody, you’d say “no fucking way — it’s too obvious.”

However, I’ll confess to having always wanted to vote for a candidate who promises to stomp on the devil’s head.

119 Kragar  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:02:05pm

re: #118 BongCrodny

That’s from Champ’s own website. If this was a parody, you’d say “no fucking way — it’s too obvious.”

However, I’ll confess to having always wanted to vote for a candidate who promises to stomp on the devil’s head.

“I use my second amendment right NOT BURY THEM!”

1) That doesn’t make sense grammatically
2) Champ is legally prohibited from own firearms as a convicted felon

120 Ming  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:30:56pm

re: #69 freetoken

…The bottom line is this: fundamentalists are pushing for gender segregation and the subordination of women…For them it is what God told them to do.

I agree completely. It’s been ages since I read anything in the bible, but from what I read nowadays about the Old Testament, subordination of women was one of its specialties. E.g. Deuteronomy 22:13-21 says that if a man discovers on his wedding night that his bride is not a virgin, he must stone her to death on her father’s doorstep.

121 Belafon  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:33:23pm

re: #111 Gus

I can’t tell if you’re thankful or irritated that she pointed out your incorrect grammar.

122 DKoch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:36:04pm

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123 austin_blue  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:36:32pm

Ship/barge collision in Galveston Bay late today. The barge was carrying something north of 1,000,000 gallons of heavy crude and is leaking in the immediate area of a bird sanctuary during prime migration season.

Damn.

Let me see what I can find. This will be a Coast Guard/Texas General Land Office response.

124 Lidane  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:40:06pm

Heh. From here:

Concealed carry, you’re doing it wrong.

125 austin_blue  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:45:04pm

Okay, bunker fuel, usually used on cargo ships, not heavy crude. The collision was earlier today. Up to 168,000 gallons released. Fog is hampering the response. The barge is boomed off, but a lot of oil is loose in the bay. West of Galveston Island. That area contains very sensitive wetlands.

And that guy in #124 has *got* to quit eating “Tiger Cry” from the local Thai restaurant.

126 Lidane  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 8:47:18pm

Please proceed:

127 jaunte  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 9:00:22pm

re: #111 Gus

“I could care less, but have chosen this precise measure of insouciance.”

128 Gus  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 9:20:48pm

re: #127 jaunte

“I could care less, but have chosen this precise measure of insouciance.”

Who knows. I didn’t get on Twitter for other peoples’ benefit.

129 jaunte  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 9:21:54pm

re: #128 Gus

Your meaning was clear.

130 Ming  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 9:22:14pm

Awesome article by Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine:

“We won’t be visiting anyone with tanks and machine guns, but we have a different army. It is an army that cannot be stopped by borders, trenches, anti-tank fortifications or minefields. It is our Ukrainian army of freedom, democracy, human dignity and spirit. And it is already on the march. Ukraine is fulfilling its mission, which includes the liberation of Russia.

“I believe that everything will be fine.”

I’m surprised he would make such a mistake, but Putin may have underestimated how strongly many Eastern Europeans would feel about his actions in Crimea. And he may have underestimated Obama and Merkel as well.

131 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 9:42:08pm

re: #130 Ming

Awesome article by Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine:

“We won’t be visiting anyone with tanks and machine guns, but we have a different army. It is an army that cannot be stopped by borders, trenches, anti-tank fortifications or minefields. It is our Ukrainian army of freedom, democracy, human dignity and spirit. And it is already on the march. Ukraine is fulfilling its mission, which includes the liberation of Russia.

“I believe that everything will be fine.”

I’m surprised he would make such a mistake, but Putin may have underestimated how strongly many Eastern Europeans would feel about his actions in Crimea. And he may have underestimated Obama and Merkel as well.

Putin might well be overestimating the strength and influence of his fifth column in this country. There are plenty of them, of course, and they make a lot of noise but appearances could be deceptive in this case. Putin is a smart guy but he may not have the insight into the subtleties of American culture and politics to realize just how insignificant, and (more importantly) how insincere, these people really are.

132 Ming  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 9:53:18pm

re: #131 Shiplord Kirel

This reminds me of the 1972 quote by the then-head of the KGB, Yuri Andropov, to the Soviet Politburo that “We will win the Vietnam War not in Vietnam, not at the Paris talks, but in the streets of America.” (Andropov went on to be the leader of the USSR.)

I guess Andropov’s prediction had some merit. But I agree with you: when it comes to predictions, Putin apparently is no Andropov. He may have very badly misread the situation in America. He may have seen what he desperately wanted to see, especially the major vulnerability shown by Palin’s getting 46% of the vote in 2008. It kills me that Putin has a point there. But Obama is the President, not Palin.

133 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 9:56:02pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Some people want you to think the Koch brothers’ influence on US politics is a conspiracy theory, and you should just laugh it off. Don’t listen to this cynical bullshit. The amount of money the Koch brothers are spending to bend the US political system to the far right is utterly unprecedented.

Who Controls the Kochs’ Political Network? ASMI, SLAH and TOHE.

It’s not even a deep dark secret. Very blatantly, the Kochs are using their billions to transform America, through both the political system and by direct advertising, into what they want.

And they are not alone. I’m not real big into class theory (I think modern anthropology has come to a better understand of how we humans organize ourselves), but I do think that the ultra-wealthy have created for themselves a special social bubble, where frankly we are not all equal in their vision.

134 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:11:56pm

As Weigel pointed out yesterday:

“God Bless the Koch Brothers!”

[…]

“They have paid so much money,” says the woman. Vitter interrupts her.

“I think the Koch brothers are two of the most patriotic Americans on the face of the Earth,” he says. There are cheers from the crowd. “I’ll be honest with you. My reaction is: God bless the Koch brothers. They’re fighting for our freedom.”

[…]

Upstream I linked to the increasingly authoritarian nature emerging in the current Christian fundamentalist thought in corners of this country. Authoritarianism is nothing new to religion, especially forms of Christianity. But that is very old-world type of thinking. American protestants by and far were strong anti-authoritarians (and hated papists with a passion.) They were household “authoritarian” in a patriarchal sense, but at least all men were created equal.

However, recently I believe there is emerging a shift in American fundamentalist thought and practices. The turn towards authoritarianism dovetails nicely (and quite conveniently, *cough*) for the mega-rich in this country.

By now associating great wealth with God’s blessing the current marriage of American fundamentalist Christianity is turning increasingly from its roots of being very much a pro-common man’s religion.

The use by the ultra-rich in controlling the GOP through convincing the religious right to take up their cause is a sight to behold. 50 years ago fundamentalist religious leaders in this country might have disagreed over race, but both the Southern white believer and the Northern anti-segregationist would both agree that people like the Rockefellers were evil.

Fast forward 50 years, and now we have fundamentalists lavishing praises on billionaires whose goal are to control the society.

Anyway, Weigel goes on:

What’s Vitter’s angle? I don’t immediately see one; I think it’s something in the air.

I think Weigel under appreciates the religiosity of Americans, especially those today who are taking over the GOP.

135 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:16:07pm

Watched two movies. Parker with Jason Stathem and JLo and The American with George Clooney.

Parker was standard faire, The American was really well done. Strange story, but great acting.

What did you do this evening?

136 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:17:38pm

Non political post, just thought it was well done. An interesting interest.

137 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:18:30pm

re: #72 Kragar

Paged

138 andres  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:19:04pm

re: #130 Ming

Awesome article by Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine:

“We won’t be visiting anyone with tanks and machine guns, but we have a different army. It is an army that cannot be stopped by borders, trenches, anti-tank fortifications or minefields. It is our Ukrainian army of freedom, democracy, human dignity and spirit. And it is already on the march. Ukraine is fulfilling its mission, which includes the liberation of Russia.

“I believe that everything will be fine.”

I’m surprised he would make such a mistake, but Putin may have underestimated how strongly many Eastern Europeans would feel about his actions in Crimea. And he may have underestimated Obama and Merkel as well.

That depends on what is Putin’s long term goal with all this. If it’s only Crimea he wants, then I say he played well his cards[0]. The farther he goes into the region[1], the more serious his miscalculation. And that’s without considering Turkey.

As far as Obama is concern, he should know better. The only reason Russia had to deal with Syria was because Obama was going to open fire on Assad.

[0] In a desperate man kind of way.
[1] The question is, where are the lines in the sand?

139 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:21:11pm

David Bowie was not born with his eyes like that. There was an accident or something and the one eye stayed that way.

140 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:22:51pm

re: #136 Usually refered to as anyways

Non political post, just thought it was well done. An interesting interest.

that was kinda freaky

141 andres  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:33:13pm

re: #136 Usually refered to as anyways

Non political post, just thought it was well done. An interesting interest.

Woah. Impressive. That’s one very dedicated person with great talent.

142 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:35:13pm

re: #140 FemNaziBitch

that was kinda freaky

In a cool sorta way…

Found a link to a video blog he has done.

143 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:41:01pm

How Obama Crippled a Russian Bank with a Stroke of a Pen

He may not take shirtless horseback rides across the steppes, or have a black belt in judo, but on Thursday, President Obama sent a message to Russian president Vladimir Putin about strength. Specifically, economic strength.

The message was this: Whenever I decide to, I can pick up a pen, and kill a significant financial institution in your country.

Obama’s victim was the St. Petersburg-based Bank Rossiya.

In response to Russia’s takeover of the Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, Obama yesterday authorized the Treasury Department to add 20 members of Putin’s inner circle, as well as Bank Rossiya, to the Office of Foreign Asset Control’s list of “specially designated nationals.”

144 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 10:45:42pm

Amazing! Lion King vs. Real Life Pictures

145 FemNaziBitch  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 11:09:36pm

Who uses birth control? Irresponsible people, says state senator

“We thought it was a strange idea at first but very quickly came to the realization that this could be beneficial,” pub owner Tom Frederick told The New York Times. “It’s all about protecting a child.”

Alaska has not opted to accept money through the government’s Medicaid expansion, which would pay for birth control. Earlier this month, Kelly’s colleague, Republican Sen. Fred Dyson, said during a debate on the state senate floor regarding an abortion bill that the government should not pay for family planning services for low-income women since birth control is affordable.

“Even the most [sexually] active folks don’t need to spend more than $2 or $3 a day for covering their activity,” Dyson said.

“No one is prohibited from having birth control because of economic reasons,” he said, arguing that women can buy condoms for the cost of a can of pop and get the pill for the price of four to five lattes each month.”

There are so many things wrong with this line of thinking, I’ve decided it’s just not worth innumerating them. Also Paged.

146 wheat-dogghazi  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 11:56:11pm

re: #134 freetoken

It’s an overlay of prosperity gospel thought onto more standard fundamentalism. Formerly, prosperity gospelites were a somewhat distrusted offshoot of Pentecostals, but after several decades they’ve become part of the herd. Now, Christians of that ilk identify wealth with godliness, because God loves rich people more, or something. And like you say, conservative Christians love authority figures, and the Kochs sure do throw around their “authority” with a heavy and golden hand.

Republicans are now the party of the rich and godly, while Democrats are the party of the poor and unbelievers. It’s the same us-versus-them philosophy that not coincidentally is also in the Old Testament. God rewards his chosen, and smites the Others. The other lessons from the OT and NT about charity, love, etc., are ignored. Also, that bit about the camel and the eye of the needle.

147 freetoken  Sat, Mar 22, 2014 11:57:16pm

MP3 Audio

148 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:08:37am

re: #146 wheat-dogghazi

It’s an overlay of prosperity gospel thought onto more standard fundamentalism. Formerly, prosperity gospelites were a somewhat distrusted offshoot of Pentecostals, but after several decades they’ve become part of the herd. Now, Christians of that ilk identify wealth with godliness, because God loves rich people more, or something. And like you say, conservative Christians love authority figures, and the Kochs sure do throw around their “authority” with a heavy and golden hand.

Republicans are now the party of the rich and godly, while Democrats are the party of the poor and unbelievers. It’s the same us-versus-them philosophy that not coincidentally is also in the Old Testament. God rewards his chosen, and smites the Others. The other lessons from the OT and NT about charity, love, etc., are ignored. Also, that bit about the camel and the eye of the needle.

Don’t forget they are still scared shitless of Rev. Wright —Obama’s old paster and his suppossed “Black Power” doctrine.

149 DKoch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:13:20am

re: #116 Killgore Trout

Michelle stirs up hornet’s nest, bats for free internet in China

Outrage!

but, but…… telephone metadata!!!!

150 Kragar  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 1:11:14am

Man, if I had the time and money, I would love to put together a Shattered Legions battleforce for 40k. It would look awesome on the field.

151 freetoken  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 2:24:40am

More X.C.:

MP3 Audio

152 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 3:33:47am

Fuck, girl dog woke me up about 1/2 ago. She was on the bed having another seizure.

fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

153 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 3:43:08am

Beebees!!!

154 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 3:57:55am

NEVER FORGET

from Jan 2013:
Paul Ryan Sponsored a Bill that Would Allow Rapists to Stop their Victims from Aborting

With the fast moving news cycle induced short memory we seem to have, it’s important to keep recycling these things.

155 dell*nix  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:21:15am

re: #152 FemNaziBitch

Sorry to hear that. Hope she gets better.

156 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:33:00am

???

157 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:33:08am

re: #155 dell*nix

Sorry to hear that. Hope she gets better.

thx

158 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:34:31am

This is awful to wake up to…

Cries for help still heard in fatal mudslide near Oso

komonews.com

SEATTLE (AP) — Rescue crews searched into the night for survivors from a massive mudslide in Washington state that killed at least three people, after hearing voices from the debris field pleading for help.

“The slide of mud, trees and rocks happened about 11 a.m. Saturday morning. Several people - including an infant - were critically injured and at least six houses were destroyed.

“Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said at a news briefing late Saturday that searchers weren’t giving up on finding more people.” More

159 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:41:03am

girl dog seems to be stable. She ate some breakfast and is ready to go back to bed.

so am I.

see you all when the sun is high in the sky.

160 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:41:19am

Perfect choice, too. : )

161 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 4:47:30am
162 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:04:09am
163 Lidane  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:07:16am
164 Major Tom  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:22:34am

Goodmorning!

“It’s a great big universe, and we’re all really puny, We’re just little tiny specks about the size of Mickey Rooney
It’s big and black and inky, and we are small and dinky
It’s a big universe and we’re not “

Youtube Video

165 wheat-dogghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:22:45am

re: #148 FemNaziBitch

Don’t forget they are still scared shitless of Rev. Wright —Obama’s old paster and his suppossed “Black Power” doctrine.

Teh blahs and teh brownz are taking ovah!! Teh whitez is a discriminated minority people! 11ty!!

It’s not just Rev. Wright, but every AA/Hispanic guy anywhere, anytime.

166 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:31:19am

Please tell me WTF this means, NYT? I thought, since the ouster of Yanuk and his ministers, that Russia no longer controlled the Ukraine govt. Am I wrong?

“The Kremlin agreed to allow a team of international monitors to work elsewhere in Ukraine. “

Russian Forces Take Over One of the Last Ukrainian Bases in Crimea

nytimes.com

“The first civilian observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a group that includes Russia, were expected to arrive by Saturday night, according to a spokeswoman. The agreement established the monitoring mission for six months, saying it could grow to 500 members if needed.

(snip)

“A statement from Russia said that excluding Crimea “reflects the new political-legal realities” because it has “become part of Russia.”

“Germany, however, moved swiftly to dispel the idea that the exclusion of Crimea constituted any recognition of the peninsula’s annexation. “The O.S.C.E. is expressly not casting into doubt the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” a government spokesman said, according to Reuters.” More

167 Lidane  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:38:41am

With a Chris Christie comeback looking less likely and a Jeb Bush shadow campaign only just now entering its preliminary stages, the political media that isn’t tethered to the Hillary Clinton beat — where news of no news is treated as news — has turned its eyes to Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul, the man who will singlehandedly bring his party into the 21st century by referencing modern cultural touchstones like Pink Floyd, Domino’s pizza and Monica Lewinsky. The narrative, pushed by Paul’s office and accepted by bored, middle-aged members of the press, is that the 51-year-old libertarian is just what Republicans needs to win over millennial voters and reclaim the White House in 2016.

To be blunt: This is a stupid narrative and everyone who isn’t being paid by the Republican Party to promote it needs to stop.

168 Flounder  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:48:57am

Good morning, celebrated St. Patty’s day yesterday with the inlaws. OMFG can my MIL make a great mayonnaise cake.

169 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:50:58am

re: #167 Lidane

“…Rand Paul, the man who will singlehandedly bring his party into the 21st century by referencing modern cultural touchstones like Pink Floyd, Domino’s pizza and Monica Lewinsky

Yeah, right, the ’90s are back. Hells bells, the ’70s, too.

170 wheat-dogghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:52:57am

re: #167 Lidane

Millennials probably have heard about Pink Floyd from their parents or grandparents, and Monica Lewinsky might as well have been an intern of Grover Cleveland for all they know. Domino’s they probably know.

Rand is a tad out of touch, in other words. I hope he doesn’t try to moonwalk.
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171 Flounder  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:55:35am

Millennials vote?

172 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:07:01am

re: #171 Flounder

Millennials vote?

Both my grandchildren, born in 1990 and 1987, voted in 2008—for Barack Obama. Grandson didn’t vote in 2012 and I raked him over the coals for it.

In some ways, I’ve found that millennials (can you believe spell check came up on that word?) are a fairly cynical bunch.

173 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:14:50am

Does this have anything to do with the Twitter blackout in Turkey?

Update: Syrian military confirms Turkey has shot down a Syrian warplane near the countries’ border - @AP

end of alert

Turkey’s armed forces shot down Syrian jet after it violated Turkish air space, Turkish PM Erdogan confirms - @Reuters

end of alert

174 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:17:17am

Taiwan President Calls on Students to End Occupation of Legislature

sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com

“President Ma Ying-jeou called on students to end their occupation of Taiwan’s legislature and refused to compromise on the trade pact with China they are protesting, calling it critical to keeping Taiwan’s economy competitive.

“Mr. Ma’s comments, in a half-hour press conference Sunday morning, were his first extended response since hundreds of students stormed Taiwan’s legislature Tuesday evening. They have occupied the building since then, and thousands of supporters fill the streets outside.

“Mr. Ma said the students “took it upon themselves to illegally occupy the Legislative Yuan building, paralyzing our legislature for five days.” Their action “seriously affected” the ability of the government to function, he said.” More

175 wheat-dogghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:23:57am

re: #174 Justanotherhuman

Taiwan President Calls on Students to End Occupation of Legislature

sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com

“President Ma Ying-jeou called on students to end their occupation of Taiwan’s legislature and refused to compromise on the trade pact with China they are protesting, calling it critical to keeping Taiwan’s economy competitive.

“Mr. Ma’s comments, in a half-hour press conference Sunday morning, were his first extended response since hundreds of students stormed Taiwan’s legislature Tuesday evening. They have occupied the building since then, and thousands of supporters fill the streets outside.

“Mr. Ma said the students “took it upon themselves to illegally occupy the Legislative Yuan building, paralyzing our legislature for five days.” Their action “seriously affected” the ability of the government to function, he said.” More

I think these millennials would prefer not being closer to mainland China economically or politically. They like their present form of government, thank you very much.

176 Decatur Deb  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:28:07am

re: #170 wheat-dogghazi

Millennials probably have heard about Pink Floyd from their parents or grandparents, and Monica Lewinsky might as well have been an intern of Grover Cleveland for all they know. Domino’s they probably know.

Rand is a tad out of touch, in other words. I hope he doesn’t try to moonwalk.
Image: ejvJY.jpg

Hope he does.

177 Eventual Carrion  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:28:49am

re: #76 jaunte

“I found the Lord when I got arrested for picking up the prostitutes,” Champ said.

All is forgiven because OBAMA ATE DOGS!

178 Eventual Carrion  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:29:50am

re: #80 Kragar

And sending him there would what, add to the criminals?

179 Eventual Carrion  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:38:33am

re: #118 BongCrodny

That’s from Champ’s own website. If this was a parody, you’d say “no fucking way — it’s too obvious.”

However, I’ll confess to having always wanted to vote for a candidate who promises to stomp on the devil’s head.

The lord uses the good ones, and the bad ones use the lord.

180 Romantic Heretic  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:46:48am

re: #130 MingI’m surprised he would make such a mistake, but Putin may have underestimated how strongly many Eastern Europeans would feel about his actions in Crimea. And he may have underestimated Obama and Merkel as well.

I am not. Bullies like Putin always mistake restraint for weakness. It’s why they step in it so often.

181 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:47:25am

re: #72 Kragar

Holy shit, I just read this one about Glenn Champ. What unmitigated gall these so-called “christians” have. Think they can just wipe out their past with a little “religious” conversion? Oh please.

And I see Neel “Kash & Kari” is running as well.

If this is all the GOP can muster in CA, they’re on their way to being a Dead Party.

182 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:49:20am

re: #177 Eventual Carrion

All is forgiven because OBAMA ATE DOGS IS BLACK!

FTFY

183 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:51:35am
184 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:52:41am

re: #172 Justanotherhuman

Both my grandchildren, born in 1990 and 1987, voted in 2008—for Barack Obama. Grandson didn’t vote in 2012 and I raked him over the coals for it.

In some ways, I’ve found that millennials (can you believe spell check came up on that word?) are a fairly cynical bunch.

Of my 9 kids, 5 fall squarely into the “Generation X” (born between 1972-1976) and 4 (born between 1981-1987) are “Generation Y” (now called “Millennial”).

Having been called a “Boomer” I don’t think it’s fair to stereotype an entire generation.

185 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 6:53:16am

These guys would all be laughing at this idiot and telling him not to use their names.

“CHAMP has named Jesus Christ, Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, and George Washington as individuals who have had a positive impact on his life and his philosophy.”

champforgovernor.com

186 Flounder  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:04:26am

Armed troops are back
belbek62.com.ua

187 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:08:27am

re: #184 Pie-onist Overlord

“In some ways, I’ve found that millennials (can you believe spell check came up on that word?) are a fairly cynical bunch.”

That was just my own observation; didn’t mean to stereotype an entire generation. But I see a lot of it online, too, not just in those I know personally. Many of them were born to parents who suffered from alcohol and drug addiction and they rebel against that. That gives me hope for those who do, cynical or not.

BTW, I was born in 1941 (technically not a “war baby” since it was in Feb) and one of those who actually had no “generation” title (I think I’ve seen “Donut Generation” somewhere, though. : )

188 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:13:10am

Foreign Ministry employees declare general strike, paralyzing Israel’s diplomatic system

Strike is culmination of renewed sanctions, protesting Finance Ministry’s failure to address diplomats’ grievances.

haaretz.com

“Foreign Ministry employees declared a general strike on Sunday, following two weeks of renewed sanctions. The strike is expected close down the country’s foreign missions and totally paralyze the Israeli diplomatic system.

“For the first time since the establishment of the state, 103 Israeli missions abroad will be closed, as will the Foreign Ministry’s headquarters in Jerusalem. Both will be closed completely, and for an indefinite period of time, to protest the employment conditions of Israeli diplomats and the Finance Ministry’s decision to cut their salaries over the renewed sanctions.

“The Foreign Ministry’s workers’ union informed all employees in Israel and abroad by email and messaging that the general strike would begin at 3 P.M. on Sunday and instructed them to leave their workplaces immediately.” More

189 Eventual Carrion  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:15:29am

re: #187 Justanotherhuman

[snip]

BTW, I was born in 1941 (technically not a “war baby” since it was in Feb) and one of those who actually had no “generation” title (I think I’ve seen “Donut Generation” somewhere, though. : )

I was born at the end of ‘61. Depending on what range you believe, they try and put me into the boomer category. I think many of us born at the beginning of the 60’s are just a limbo generation. Kinda stuck at the edges of the arbitrary generation definitions.

190 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:18:22am

How can anyone deny that Paul Ryan & whoever wrote & approved this article are not outright fucking racists.

191 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:20:31am

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
(Also: creative wingnut spelling)

192 Flounder  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:20:35am

re: #186 Flounder

disconnected.

193 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:25:00am

Good morning lizards!

Getty Image

194 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:25:05am

re: #189 Eventual Carrion

I was born at the end of ‘61. Depending on what range you believe, they try and put me into the boomer category. I think many of us born at the beginning of the 60’s are just a limbo generation. Kinda stuck at the edges of the arbitrary generation definitions.

Yes, same w/my kids, born in 1959 and ‘60—they are categorized as “boomers” but are nowhere near the typecast average” boomer type, although if a generation is around 20 yrs, and the “boomers” started in 1946, it would have lasted until 1966, and many of those wouldn’t have participated in the “hippie” and anti-war movements, which is said to be typical of “boomers” (they would have been far too young). I expect there were more participants in those movements from the war years or even earlier (as I was) than people would expect, leftovers from the “Beat Generation”. Generations overlap constantly, as we know.

195 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:28:10am

WHAT RIGHT-WING RACISM?
(Not even embedding this sickening racist Tweet—click at your own rish.)

196 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:29:56am
197 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:34:21am
198 Dave In Austin  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:34:21am

It’s that time of year again…….

To be released to the grease.

199 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:36:05am

re: #196 NJDhockeyfan

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Odd looking gun, maybe it’s just the angle of the photograph

200 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:36:34am

re: #198 Dave In Austin

It’s that time of year again…….

To be released to the grease.

[Embedded image]

Perch?

201 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:41:21am

...

202 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:46:26am

re: #199 Killgore Trout

Odd looking gun, maybe it’s just the angle of the photograph

It’s a Steyr AUG, Killgore. It looks odd because it is a bullpup-type rifle, with the magazine behind the trigger group rather than in front of it as the case on the AKM. It was originally designed in Austria, and bullpups are common in European armies. The bullpup configuration remains largely unpopular for rifles in North America and so the AUG looks odd to US, Canadian, and Mexican eyes.

203 Eventual Carrion  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:47:35am

re: #198 Dave In Austin

It’s that time of year again…….

To be released to the grease.

[Embedded image]

Lakes are finally thawing out around here. Gotta go get new fishing license. Shallow water along banks starts warming up and it will be pan fish for dinner here also.

204 Eventual Carrion  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:48:17am

re: #200 Killgore Trout

Perch?

Look like Crappy (rock bass to some).

205 Flounder  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:50:57am

re: #204 Eventual Carrion

they look like they need to be dredged in flour!

206 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:01:57am
207 Dave In Austin  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:03:44am

re: #200 Killgore Trout

Perch?

Black and “Bull-nosed” Crappie out of Lake Travis, Texas. Notice the dark spawning colors.

208 GlutenFreeJesus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:29:29am

re: #198 Dave In Austin

It’s that time of year again…….

To be released to the grease.

[Embedded image]

That’s one crappie dinner!

209 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:39:06am

Hamas rally in Gaza takes aim at Egypt, Israel and Abbas

“The punishment of the people of Gaza must end,” Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas government, told the rally in a speech interspersed with chants of “Jihad is not Terrorism” over the loudspeakers.

210 HappyWarrior  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:39:29am

12 Years a Slave wow. It honestly surprises me that there were fewer Nat Turner like uprisings after having watched that. Really anyone who thinks slavery = Obamacare or whatever needs their frigging head examined big time. And how the hell can revisionists claim that “At least the black family was still there.” Really want to read Solomon Northup’s book now.

211 Political Atheist  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:47:43am

re: #208 GlutenFreeJesus

That’s one crappie dinner!

Only on a small scale.

212 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:48:29am
213 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:56:24am

re: #209 Killgore Trout

“Jihad is not Terrorism”

Soon to be seen on T-Shirts on college campuses across the country!!

/ (sorta)

214 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 8:57:21am

re: #211 Political Atheist

Only on a small scale.

Doesn’t take as long tom FINish that way

215 Skip Intro  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:10:18am

re: #191 Pie-onist Overlord

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
(Also: creative wingnut spelling)

[Embedded content]

Do we have to pay them anything? If not, why not a couple of platoons per school, maybe a company for a large school.

May as well teach the little ones early on that in Idiot NRA America, living in an armed camp is the new normal.

216 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:11:08am

Time for some Sushi and the Banshees.

217 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:12:58am

re: #214 sattv4u2

Doesn’t take as long tom >FINish that way

Might take longer if you accompany it will several gills of wine.

218 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:14:08am

re: #217 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Might take longer if you accompany it will several gills of wine.

I never heard that tail before!

219 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:14:32am

re: #218 sattv4u2

I never heard that tail before!

Probably just a fluke.

220 ObserverArt  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:16:28am

re: #113 Gus

I tell ya. People crack me up. They’re so weird.

Just getting caught up and saw Gus’s post #113. Excuse me if a similar comment has already been made.

Gus, I want to remind you that you too are a ‘person’ which puts you in the same general classification of people.

You know what this means don’t you? Well, that is if you are indeed a person!

; )

221 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:16:34am

re: #219 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Probably just a fluke.

Probably not. It’s common. There’s a whole grouper of them

222 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:17:24am

re: #221 sattv4u2

Probably not. It’s common. There’s a whole grouper of them

I think I’ve been schooled.

223 Varek Raith  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:17:29am

re: #219 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

Probably just a fluke.

re: #221 sattv4u2

Probably not. It’s common. There’s a whole grouper of them

You two need to stop.
:P

224 TedStriker  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:18:42am

re: #223 Varek Raith

You two need to stop.
:P

Hey, bad puns aren’t eel-egal…

225 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:19:01am

re: #199 Killgore Trout

Odd looking gun, maybe it’s just the angle of the photograph

Steyr AUG

226 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:20:28am

re: #223 Varek Raith

You two need to stop.
:P

Guess we’ll just have to pike it in, then.

227 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:21:19am

re: #223 Varek Raith

You two need to stop.
:P

Yeah. The subject is starting to flounder

228 Varek Raith  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:22:05am

I see.
Now where did I put my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator?

229 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:23:38am

re: #228 Varek Raith

I see.
Now where did I put my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator?

Didn’t you loan it to this guy??

Image: Marvin-the-Martian.jpg

230 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:24:03am

re: #227 sattv4u2

Yeah. The subject is starting to flounder

From my perch, it died a long time ago.

231 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:24:31am

re: #230 Justanotherhuman

From my perch, it died a long time ago.

Yet here you are still carping about it

232 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:26:01am

re: #229 sattv4u2

Didn’t you loan it to this guy??

Image: Marvin-the-Martian.jpg

There was supposed to be an earth-shattering “kaboom”.

233 Patricia Kayden  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:30:44am

re: #146 wheat-dogghazi

Republicans are now the party of the rich and godly, while Democrats are the party of the poor and unbelievers. It’s the same us-versus-them philosophy that not coincidentally is also in the Old Testament. God rewards his chosen, and smites the Others. The other lessons from the OT and NT about charity, love, etc., are ignored. Also, that bit about the camel and the eye of the needle.

Not agreeing that the Democrats are the party of the unbelievers. The majority of Blacks/Latinos who make up the Democratic base are very religious. But I get your overall point.

234 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:31:36am

Sorry, I must request input by calmer and more objective minds than mine.

235 Patricia Kayden  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:32:23am

re: #210 HappyWarrior

12 Years a Slave wow. It honestly surprises me that there were fewer Nat Turner like uprisings after having watched that. Really anyone who thinks slavery = Obamacare or whatever needs their frigging head examined big time. And how the hell can revisionists claim that “At least the black family was still there.” Really want to read Solomon Northup’s book now.

Don’t think I have the fortitude to watch 12 Years a Slave, but really glad that it has received so many awards/accolades.

236 Charles Johnson  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:33:22am
237 bratwurst  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:34:01am
238 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:35:37am

re: #160 Justanotherhuman

Perfect choice, too. : )

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very cool

239 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:42:49am

re: #236 Charles Johnson

I must have missed the part which Greenwald told us what earth shattering knowledge was revealed in the Snowden documents.

240 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:47:54am

re: #231 sattv4u2

Yet here you are still carping about it

I may be a shrimp, but I can also crab a lot.

241 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:49:14am

re: #240 Justanotherhuman

I may be a shrimp, but I can also crab a lot.

P.S. Now I’ll just clam up.

242 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:51:16am

re: #240 Justanotherhuman

re: #241 Justanotherhuman

I sea what you did there

243 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:53:27am

I think it threatens more than bird migration.

Texas Oil Spill Threatens Bird Migration

abcnews.go.com

“The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked traffic Sunday between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world’s busiest petrochemical transportation waterways, affecting all vessels, even cruise ships.

“A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of marine fuel oil collided with a ship Saturday afternoon, springing a leak. Officials believe only one of the barge’s tanks — which holds 168,000 gallons — was breached, though the Coast Guard said Sunday it wasn’t clear how much oil had spilled.

“Crews were skimming oil out of the water and about six and half miles of containment booms were being used to protect environmentally sensitive areas of the Houston ship channel, the Coast Guard said, and it expects the leftover oil to be removed from the damaged barge Sunday, after which it will be taken to a local shipyard to be assessed.” More

244 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:56:43am
245 Stanley Sea  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:59:05am
246 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 9:59:24am

Lady Gaga debuts ‘G.U.Y.’ music video featuring ‘Real Housewives,’ Andy Cohen

The “ARTPOP” star, 27, released the video for new song “G.U.Y” on Saturday night during an episode of NBC’s “Dateline,” before releasing it online - according to Buzzfeed.

Is Dateline still a news show?

247 andres  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:00:13am

re: #239 FemNaziBitch

I must have missed the part which Greenwald told us what earth shattering knowledge was revealed in the Snowden documents.

EVERYTHING.

I think that’s the most annoying thing about this whole affair[0]: nothing is surprising for anyone following the events from 9/11. What’s “worst”[2]: Nothing revealed so far demonstrate high rates of abuses. Reforms are needed to tighten gray areas, but so far, the NSA is doing their work extremely well.

And that’s the “good” side3 of the whole affair.

[0] Aside from the Greenwald and the Clown Briggate[1].
[1] Or is it the Clown Comrades? Hard to keep up these days.
[2] From the sensationalist “journalism” point of view.
[3] The whole international spying subplot is a lot more damning on Snowden, and Greenwald than the national side.

248 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:02:34am

No surprise here: Quizzes are free data mining tools for brands
Share if you agree! Moar rt pls!

249 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:03:24am

re: #246 Killgore Trout

Lady Gaga debuts ‘G.U.Y.’ music video featuring ‘Real Housewives,’ Andy Cohen

Is Dateline still a news show?

Depends on what it’s advertisers decide is “news”!!!

250 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:03:59am

re: #246 Killgore Trout

Lady Gaga debuts ‘G.U.Y.’ music video featuring ‘Real Housewives,’ Andy Cohen

Is Dateline still a news show?

LG should have retired the year she made $64M and her novelty act was still fresh.

251 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:04:08am

re: #235 Patricia Kayden

Don’t think I have the fortitude to watch 12 Years a Slave, but really glad that it has received so many awards/accolades.

Me either. I’ver read so much non-fiction regarding this time in our nation’s
history. If I read any more there won’t be enough anti-depressants on the planet.

Human beings disgust me sometimes.

252 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:05:44am

re: #248 Killgore Trout

No surprise here: Quizzes are free data mining tools for brands
Share if you agree! Moar rt pls!

Like I’ve said… The NSA would love to have the ability to gather as much data as we willing give up, just because…

RBS

253 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:05:50am

Humans can be real crappies.

254 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:06:33am

re: #252 RealityBasedSteve

Like I’ve said… The NSA would love to have the ability to gather as much data as we willing give up, just because…

RBS

They have an unending supply of unpaid interns to analyze that data?

255 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:08:30am

re: #250 Justanotherhuman

LG should have retired the year she made $64M and her novelty act was still fresh.

I have to wonder how much longer these studio manufactured are going to be around. Record labels aren’t going to survive much longer without a new business model.

256 RealityBasedSteve  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:09:28am

re: #250 Justanotherhuman

LG should have retired the year she made $64M and her novelty act was still fresh.

Before she was famous….

Youtube Video

Better than the typical “Holiday Inn Lounge Band”, but based on that one limited clip, no better or worse than a ton of others I’ve seen

RBS

257 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:09:59am

re: #250 Justanotherhuman

LG should have retired the year she made $64M and her novelty act was still fresh.

I love GaGa

258 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:12:04am

I want so badly to be on that admissions board.* : ) Otherwise, we are so fucked.

*And why not? I have more education than Snowden, and am probably smarter than those fresh faces coming in who admit to that.

Anyone else here would work, too.

259 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:14:39am
260 ObserverArt  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:15:25am

re: #207 Dave In Austin

Black and “Bull-nosed” Crappie out of Lake Travis, Texas. Notice the dark spawning colors.

A buddy and I used to be great crappie fisherdudes up here in Ohio. Bluegills too. We learned to catch them at all times of the year. Much of that is due to understanding water temps and their environment. We mainly used real tiny jigs with white, red, green and black twister tails and small open face reels with 1-2 lb test line. For bluegills, it was small jigs with a little bit red worm, sometimes a fuzzy tail or a twister tail.

Have you ever broiled your crappies? I’d have a dip of egg and a touch of soy sauce, roll them in corn meal and place on a lightly oiled sheet and broil them for like 1.5 minutes a side. They’d come out almost like deep fried…and no deep frying! Crappie as so light a fish it doesn’t take long to cook ‘em up.

And while I like all kinds of freshwater fish…I love a nice bunch of hand sized bluegills. Almost the same taste as a yellow perch and available everywhere. We fished a lake here in Columbus with shale embankments going down into deep water. Bounce a jig off the shale and let it fall naturally into the water and boom…off goes a big bluegill.

Great times. I still have my 14’ boat, trailer and motor. Just haven’t used it for years.

261 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:20:01am

Time for some Gus style investigation into who funds this legislator.

262 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:21:46am

re: #261 FemNaziBitch

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Time for some Gus style investigation into who funds this legislator.

Maybe but who’s funding that twitter account?
twitter.com

263 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:24:34am

Jimmy Carter Is Pretty Sure The NSA Is Spying On His Email

In an interview with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell airing during Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” Carter said he favors snail mail when communicating with foreign officials.

“[The justification for surveillance] has been extremely liberalized and, I think, abused by our own intelligence agencies,” Carter told Mitchell. “As a matter of fact, you know, I have felt that my own communications are probably monitored. And when I want to communicate with a foreign leader privately, I type or write the letter myself, put it in the post office, and mail it.”

“Old fashioned snail mail,” Mitchell said.

“Yeah. Because I believe if I send an email it will be monitored,” he said.

264 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:26:45am

Why would the NSA be interested in communications with oppressive dictators? I’m stumped.

265 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:27:00am

re: #261 FemNaziBitch

[Embedded content]

Time for some Gus style investigation into who funds this legislator.

Here’s a start.

opensecrets.org

266 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:30:05am

re: #262 Killgore Trout

Maybe but who’s funding that twitter account?
twitter.com

heh

268 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:31:48am

“Durbin, McCain: Send weapons to Ukraine”

I’m sure you remember Dick Durbin.

269 Gus  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:32:25am

Now I’m thinking of Charlie Wilson.

270 Varek Raith  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:32:58am

re: #268 Gus

“Durbin, McCain: Send weapons to Ukraine”

I’m sure you remember Dick Durbin.

For what purpose?
Morons.

271 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:33:44am

re: #263 Killgore Trout

I’m thinking he knew he gave up 99.9% of his privacy when he took the Oath of Office.

272 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:34:19am

Considering the entire internet (and intl community) was involved, the numbers aren’t that impressive. More looking than participation.

Today, February 11th, 2014 is The Day We Fight Back against mass surveillance

thedaywefightback.org

273 Stanley Sea  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:34:32am

re: #260 ObserverArt

A buddy and I used to be great crappie fisherdudes up here in Ohio. Bluegills too. We learned to catch them at all times of the year. Much of that is due to understanding water temps and their environment. We mainly used real tiny jigs with white, red, green and black twister tails and small open face reels with 1-2 lb test line. For bluegills, it was small jigs with a little bit red worm, sometimes a fuzzy tail or a twister tail.

Have you ever broiled your crappies? I’d have a dip of egg and a touch of soy sauce, roll them in corn meal and place on a lightly oiled sheet and broil them for like 1.5 minutes a side. They’d come out almost like deep fried…and no deep frying! Crappie as so light a fish it doesn’t take long to cook ‘em up.

And while I like all kinds of freshwater fish…I love a nice bunch of hand sized bluegills. Almost the same taste as a yellow perch and available everywhere. We fished a lake here in Columbus with shale embankments going down into deep water. Bounce a jig off the shale and let it fall naturally into the water and boom…off goes a big bluegill.

Great times. I still have my 14’ boat, trailer and motor. Just haven’t used it for years.

Grew up catching bluegills. Easy and yummy.

274 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:35:02am

re: #271 FemNaziBitch

I’m thinking he knew he gave up 99.9% of his privacy when he took the Oath of Office.

He didn’t give up his Secret Service protection, did he?

275 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:36:12am

re: #271 FemNaziBitch

I’m thinking he knew he gave up 99.9% of his privacy when he took the Oath of Office.

I wonder how much we spy on ex presidents? Never really thought about that before.

276 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:38:54am

re: #265 Justanotherhuman

Here’s a start.

opensecrets.org

Hennessey Arabians

horses?

Pretty new to the horse world and he already gave major money to the Kentucky Horse Park.

277 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:40:01am

Slow Sunday. And it would be rainy and cold here, damn it.

278 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:41:10am

re: #276 FemNaziBitch

horses?

Pretty new to the horse world and he already gave major money to the Kentucky Horse Park.

Friend of Michael Brown’s?

279 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:41:27am

re: #264 Killgore Trout

Why would the NSA be interested in communications with oppressive dictators? I’m stumped.

I got $20 here says the Carter admin had Menachem Begins and Anwar El Sadats rooms bugged during the Camp David meetings!

280 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:42:01am

re: #277 Justanotherhuman

Slow Sunday. And it would be rainy and cold here, damn it.

Sunny and nice here, but alas, working from 10 this morning till 10 tonight

281 FemNaziBitch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:42:35am

Ok, I have to go out into the world today.

bbl

282 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:46:14am

re: #275 Killgore Trout

I wonder how much we spy on ex presidents? Never really thought about that before.

Perhaps not “spy” per se, but certainly keep tabs on. iirc, they do still have access to highly sensitive data, both past and current

283 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:46:17am

re: #279 sattv4u2

I got $20 here says the Carter admin had Menachem Begins and Anwar El Sadats rooms bugged during the Camp David meetings!

He was almost certainly spying on the Iranians and Russians. I doubt the secret CIA assassinations slowed down much during his tenure. It goes with the job.

284 Bulworth  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:51:35am

It isn’t that CNN is still devoting all its air-time to missing flight 370. It’s that they’re still calling it the “zombie plane”.

285 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:52:17am

I wonder what kind of ex-president Obama is going to be. I’m thinking he becomes a rockstar on the speaking circuit and returns to some sort of community activism. I’m hoping he sticks to domestic issues, I think that’s where his interest lies.

286 Killgore Trout  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:55:09am

This is the part of my day when I start scratching stuff off my “to do” list. “Well, not enough time to get started on this”, “too late to finish that”, “maybe I’ll get around to something later this afternoon”, etc

287 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 10:57:30am

Speaking of Michael Brown, BTW, this is interesting. He did a radio talk show with—David Sirota (described as a “liberal”).

“In mid-2012 Brown teamed up with Denver liberal KKZN host David Sirota for KHOW’s Sirota-Brown show for KHOW’s afternoon drive slot,[31] but now hosts his own show, again called the Michael Brown Show.[32] Politically, on the program, Brown describes himself as “very clearly center-right, conservative, with a strong libertarian bent.”[33]

en.wikipedia.org

288 jaunte  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:03:05am

WTF is wrong with these people?

289 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:04:16am

re: #288 jaunte

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WTF is wrong with these people?

Britons have never seen themselves as “European”, have they?

290 sattv4u2  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 11:05:22am

re: #286 Killgore Trout

This is the part of my day when I start scratching stuff off my “to do” list. “Well, not enough time to get started on this”, “too late to finish that”, “maybe I’ll get around to something later this afternoon”, etc

I did a shyte load of ‘to do” stuff the last 3 days

I’m at work for 12 hours today!

Good thing. After the last 3 days, I need the rest!!!!

291 DKoch  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 5:24:39pm

re: #290 sattv4u2

12 hours on a Sunday?

Ya kiddin’ - doing what?

292 wheat-dogghazi  Sun, Mar 23, 2014 7:04:48pm

re: #233 Patricia Kayden

I was referring to the attitude of the RR.


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